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One question regarding earbuds (IEMs) that has always been bothering me
Quote: The MDR-NC300D is the first *** digital *** noise cancelling earbuds. Meaning the first that has full digital processing for the noise canceling feature. Sony's first noise canceling earbuds is the MDR-NC10, from the 1990's.- sliberman
- Post #15
- Forum: Portable Headphones, Earphones and In-Ear Monitors
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Hi Fi shop in Austin, TX?
Hi-Fi shops in Austin: http://www.abtvaustin.com/about.html http://www.soundmindaudio.com/austin_shop.html http://www.audiosystems.com/ http://www.austinht.com/showroom.html http://www.hometheaterstore.com/ http://www.neplusultrainc.com/Site/Welcome.html http://www.sedonaskysound.com/...- sliberman
- Post #16
- Forum: Headphones (full-size)
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Best Headphones for the office?
Quote: Originally Posted by episiarch Just one thing to add to the above: the AKG K271 Studio automatically cuts out the music when you take it off your head. It's beyond your price range ($200 or so new, $150 or so used), but if you want to be insulated from his tunes whether he has it...- sliberman
- Post #10
- Forum: Headphones (full-size)
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Asking for advice on new headphones
Quote: Originally Posted by quietstorm Thank you for the replies, guys ... *K81DJ is Temporarily Sold Out at buy.com (but i can wait a while, heh). it's a good price there. ... Sometimes the AKG phones are even cheaper at buy.com. I saw the K81DJ for $52 instead of $57...- sliberman
- Post #9
- Forum: Headphones (full-size)
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Asking for advice on new headphones
Quote: Originally Posted by bonethugz er6i? i think not. i know not everyone like huge bass but, er6i? no. just not enough bass. i have and love er6i but not with hiphop and raggae. k26? unless you're a basshead(i am a little bit when listening hiphop, like them ok). k81? i think they're...- sliberman
- Post #7
- Forum: Headphones (full-size)
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Asking for advice on new headphones
K81DJ goes for $57 at buy.com with free shipping. Amazing bass. Good sound isolation.- sliberman
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- Forum: Headphones (full-size)
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Help selecting a closed headphones
Quote: Originally Posted by sliberman I must say that I use a little bit of low bass eq with the K501, when running foobar2000 -> DAC1 -> K501. From the suggestions, I think that the most promising closed phone looks to be the K271S, easier to obtain than the W1000. The K271S is...- sliberman
- Post #13
- Forum: Headphones (full-size)
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Roll Call for Team AKG
K501 and Hearo 999. Considering 271S.- sliberman
- Post #164
- Forum: Headphones (full-size)
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Help selecting a closed headphones
Quote: Originally Posted by Skylab If you like the AKG 501 and the Stax, I think you'd prefer the AT W1000 to the Beyers. I prefer the Beyers myself, but they have a very different sonic signature, more bass, less mids than the W1000 which has much less bass and more forward mids and...- sliberman
- Post #11
- Forum: Headphones (full-size)
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Help selecting a closed headphones
Quote: Originally Posted by flamerz Darth Beyer? Are you referring to the DT770 Edition 2005?- sliberman
- Post #9
- Forum: Headphones (full-size)
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Help selecting a closed headphones
I'm replying to myself, in order to bump this question up, and to add the budget for the headphones: Assuming a budget of US$ 500 for the headphones, what should I try first? I live in Austin, TX, and there are very few opportunities (none that I know of) to audition Audio Technica...- sliberman
- Post #2
- Forum: Headphones (full-size)
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Help selecting a closed headphones
Hi, I would like to get a closed headphone to use at my workplace. I need help finding one that sounds as good as the open ones that I like: Stax Lambdas, AKG K501, etc. In the past, when trying some of the closed ones, I did not like their sound. Maybe there are new improved models...- sliberman
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- Forum: Headphones (full-size)
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JVC LAUNCHES SURROUND SOUND HEADPHONE ADAPTOR
If you're interested in the internals of these Dolby Headphone devices (Creative, JVC, Thrustmaster, Pioneer, etc), check this website: http://www.freescale.com/webapp/sps/...ode=DH1&srch=1 Essentially the same Dolby Digital and DTS decoding capability of an A/V receiver plus the Dolby...- sliberman
- Post #86
- Forum: Headphone Amps (full-size)
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Suggestion for <$1000 DAC???
SACD and DVD-Audio digital bitstreams are not available as digital output from players for two main reasons: 1) The true important reason: copy protection. Content providers do not permit high-resolution audio digital bitstreams to be available without a DRM scheme to protect against perfect...- sliberman
- Post #5
- Forum: Dedicated Source Components
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Question about the DAC1
Quote: Originally Posted by Iron_Dreamer I am not sure how good it would sound, since there are no buffers on the XLR outputs, I doubt it can put our sufficient current for Grados. I believe the output impedance is 60ohms, so I figured based on that it would be ok with the 300ohm...- sliberman
- Post #5
- Forum: Dedicated Source Components